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United States Patent | 6,032,351 |
Beane | March 7, 2000 |
A machine for removing stringers from pallets includes a table assembly that establishes a working surface upon which a pallet can be placed and a carrier assembly that is movable relative to the pallet. The carrier assembly includes a pair of spaced, parallel, elongate cutter rails, the cutter rails being spaced a distance greater than the width of a stringer and adapted to receive a stringer therebetween. A cutting assembly is connected to the cutter rails toward the ends thereof, the cutting assembly including rotatable upper and lower disks connected to the cutter rails. The disks are positioned side-by-side such that the edges thereof are in contact with each other. The upper disks are spaced closer to the ends of the cutter rails than the lower disks. As the cutting assembly is advanced through a pallet, the upper and lower disks shear the nails that hold the stringer in place within the pallet. Severed stringers are collected in a trough and are removed automatically by a conveyor.
Inventors: | Beane; Timothy R. (Grafton, OH) |
Assignee: | Pallet Recycling, Inc. (Barberton, OH) |
Appl. No.: | 080790 |
Filed: | May 18, 1998 |
Current U.S. Class: | 29/564.3; 29/239; 29/426.4; 83/431; 83/471.2; 83/474; 83/676; 83/943 |
Intern'l Class: | B23P 019/04 |
Field of Search: | 83/943,676,488,155,477,477.1,472,473,471.2,431,474,666 29/564.3,426.4,239,252,403.3 |
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